A federal judge dismissed a police officer’s defamation lawsuit filed against an attorney and her nonprofit watchdog group, which made national headlines when it publicized officers’ social media posts thought to be bigoted or violent.
U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled D.F. Pace failed to show Philadelphia attorney Emily Baker-White and the Plain View Project showed reckless disregard for the truth by publishing his reply to a potentially offensive Facebook post.
